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Poultry Digestion
How many parts of poultrys' digestive
system can you name? (before and after)
After the lesson you will know 11 digestive parts

What is the purpose of all the digestive parts?

You will be able to describe the purpose of all 11
digestive parts

What goes where?

Small
Intestines
Gizzard

Large
Intestines

Pro-ventriculus

oesophag
us
Cloaca
Crop

Gall Bladder

Caeca
Liver
Pancreas

oesophagus
Transports food from the beak to the
Crop.
Where is your Esophagus?
How does food get pushed down the
esophagus?

Crop
Only Birds have Crops!
What does a Crop do?

oesophag
us

Crop

Pro-ventriculus
Secrets digestive juices.
What part of a humans body does
this remind you of?

Gizzard
Aka, ventriculus
Muscular
Grinds up food.
How?

Do humans need a Gizzard?

Gizzard
Pro-ventriculus

oesophag
us

Crop

Liver
What does the liver do for humans?

Gall Bladder
What does the Gall bladder do for
humans?

Gizzard
Pro-ventriculus

oesophag
us

Crop

Gall Bladder

Liver

Pancreas
Glandular
Secrets insulin
Aids in breaking down of food.

Small Intestines
What do our small intestines do?
What about its structure?
How does it look?
Why does it look like that?

Caeca
What is this?
Helps breakdown food
Fermentation

Small
Intestines
Gizzard
Pro-ventriculus

oesophag
us

Crop

Gall Bladder

Caeca
Liver
Pancreas

Large Intestine
Very Small in birds
What is the purpose for humans?

Cloaca
Aka Vent
What do you think its purpose is?
Responsible for:
elimination of feces
urine
passage of eggs or seminal fluid.

Small
Intestines
Gizzard

Large
Intestines

Pro-ventriculus

oesophag
us
Cloaca
Crop

Gall Bladder

Caeca
Liver
Pancreas

Make me a Digestive
system!!
How many parts of poultrys' digestive
system can you name now?
What is the purpose of all the digestive
parts?
What goes where?

Why do we need to know

this?
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